participle['pɑ:tisipl]

• n.【语言学】分词[英语中分词是动词的形式,既起动词又起形容词的作用,现在分词以-ing结尾(如 asking),过去分词常以-ed或-en结尾(如asked, spoken). 分词可用作：1)动词短语(如are asking, was carried); 2)动词(如 seeing the result, he stopped);3)形容词(如 a laughing boy, the beaten path);4)名词(动名词)(如 seeing is believing);5)副词(如 raving mad);6)连词(如 saving those present)]